diff --git a/lib/diaspora/importer.rb b/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
index dbe15825a..e1e8ad97f 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ module Diaspora
 
           aspect = Aspect.new
           aspect.name = a.xpath('/aspect/name').text
-          aspect.post_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/post_ids/post_id').collect(&:text)
-          aspect.person_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/person_ids/person_id').collect(&:text)
+          aspect.post_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/post_ids/post_id').collect{ |x| x.text.to_id }
+          aspect.person_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/person_ids/person_id').collect{ |x| x.text.to_id }
           aspects << aspect
         end
         aspects
diff --git a/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
index 00ac5730a..06d92e227 100644
--- a/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ describe Diaspora::Importer do
         Post.count.should == 4 
         n.aspects.count.should  == 6
         Person.count.should be == 5 
+
+        User.first.person.diaspora_handle.should == User.first.diaspora_handle
      
 
         Person.find_by_id( @user1.person.id ).nil?.should == false